[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Charles, and Ellen, wife of Henry Racon, of Goshen. Orange County. Mrs. Rrandreth died in 183ti, and lie was married a second time to Virginia Graham. They were the parents of ten children — Beatrice, wife of Colonel Henry C. Symonds; William, Henry. Franklin, Annie, wife of Edwin McAlpin; Gertrude, wifeof Frank R. Robinson; Florence, wife of Lieu-tenant Herbert.T. Slocum; Kate, wifeof Lieutenant Henry L. Green, United States Navy; Ralph and Isabella. Dr. Rrandreth was for many years presi-dent of the village of Sing Sing, and died February 1!), 1880. His business which had grown to vast pro-portions, was left to his sons, of whom Henry is the general agent in England, while the others conduct the manufacture in this country. The annual pro-ductions by the firm are two million boxes of pilU and five million of Allcock's Porous Plasters. The history of the country affords few instances of a lar-ger result arising from a smaller beginning. William Rrandreth, son of Dr. Benjamin BranJ dreth, was born at Sing Sing, October 22, 1842. His early education was obtained at Mount Pleas-ant Academy, and when sixteen years of age, he went to New York, where he gained a thorough knowledge of his business as a pharmaceutist and druggist, and subsequently became connected with the wholesale drug trade, in the Spanish firm of Palanca & Escalante.